太阿倒持
tài'ē​dào​chí

to surrender power to others

  • created reference approved 太阿倒持 → 倒持泰阿 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    太阿倒持 tài'ē​dào​chí

    倒持泰阿 dào​chí​tài'ē

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  • created sense approved 太阿倒持 · tài'ē​dào​chí · to surrender power to others — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    太阿倒持

    tài'ē​dào​chí

    to surrender power to others

    To hold a sword by the blade and offer the handle to another person, meaning to hand over power or authority to someone else and risk being harmed by them.

    太阿 (literal) → 太阿 · tài'ē · Tai'e 倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · inverted 持 (literal) → 持 · chí · to hold

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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